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Spyware Maker Intellexa Sued by Journalist

Posted on By infossl
courts, cyberweapons, Greece, israel, privacy, Security technology, spyware, surveillance, Uncategorized

The Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis was spied on by his own government, with a commercial spyware product called “Predator.” That product is sold by a company in North Macedonia called Cytrox, which is in turn owned by an Israeli company called Intellexa. Koukakis is suing Intellexa. The lawsuit filed by Koukakis takes aim at Intellexa … Read More “Spyware Maker Intellexa Sued by Journalist” »

NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Used Against US State Department Officials

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cyberespionage, hacking, israel, Security technology, spyware, Uncategorized

NSO Group’s descent into Internet pariah status continues. Its Pegasus spyware was used against nine US State Department employees. We don’t know which NSO Group customer trained the spyware on the US. But the company does: NSO Group said in a statement on Thursday that it did not have any indication their tools were used … Read More “NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Used Against US State Department Officials” »

Candiru: Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer

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cyberespionage, cyberweapons, israel, privilege escalation, Security technology, spyware, Uncategorized

Citizen Lab has identified yet another Israeli company that sells spyware to governments around the world: Candiru. From the report: Summary: Candiru is a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively to governments. Reportedly, their spyware can infect and monitor iPhones, Androids, Macs, PCs, and cloud accounts. Using Internet scanning we identified more than 750 … Read More “Candiru: Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer” »

New Disk Wiping Malware Targets Israel

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data destruction, iran, israel, malware, ransomware, Security technology, Uncategorized

Apostle seems to be a new strain of malware that destroys data. In a post published Tuesday, SentinelOne researchers said they assessed with high confidence that based on the code and the servers Apostle reported to, the malware was being used by a newly discovered group with ties to the Iranian government. While a ransomware … Read More “New Disk Wiping Malware Targets Israel” »

Emergency Surveillance During COVID-19 Crisis

Posted on By infossl
china, covid19, datacollection, eff, epidemiology, iran, israel, nationalsecuritypolicy, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Israel is using emergency surveillance powers to track people who may have COVID-19, joining China and Iran in using mass surveillance in this way. I believe pressure will increase to leverage existing corporate surveillance infrastructure for these purposes in the US and other countries. With that in mind, the EFF has some good thinking on … Read More “Emergency Surveillance During COVID-19 Crisis” »

First Physical Retaliation for a Cyberattack

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cyberattack, israel, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology

Israel has acknowledged that its recent airstrikes against Hamas were a real-time response to an ongoing cyberattack. From Twitter: CLEARED FOR RELEASE: We thwarted an attempted Hamas cyber offensive against Israeli targets. Following our successful cyber defensive operation, we targeted a building where the Hamas cyber operatives work. HamasCyberHQ.exe has been removed. pic.twitter.com/AhgKjiOqS7 ­Israel Defense … Read More “First Physical Retaliation for a Cyberattack” »

Israeli Surveillance Gear

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israel, Security technology, surveillance

The Israeli Defense Force mounted a botched raid in Gaza. They were attempting to install surveillance gear, which they ended up leaving behind. (There are photos — scroll past the video.) Israeli media is claiming that the capture of this gear by Hamas causes major damage to Israeli electronic surveillance capabilities. The Israelis themselves destroyed … Read More “Israeli Surveillance Gear” »

Israeli Security Attacks AMD by Publishing Zero-Day Exploits

Posted on By infossl
disclosure, exploits, israel, Security technology, vulnerabilities, zeroday

Last week, the Israeli security company CTS Labs published a series of exploits against AMD chips. The publication came with the flashy website, detailed whitepaper, cool vulnerability names — RYZENFALL, MASTERKEY, FALLOUT, and CHIMERA — and logos we’ve come to expect from these sorts of things. What’s new is that the company only gave AMD … Read More “Israeli Security Attacks AMD by Publishing Zero-Day Exploits” »

Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government

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apple, cellphones, dhs, fbi, iphone, israel, locks, phones, Security technology

Forbes reports that the Israeli company Cellebrite can probably unlock all iPhone models: Cellebrite, a Petah Tikva, Israel-based vendor that’s become the U.S. government’s company of choice when it comes to unlocking mobile devices, is this month telling customers its engineers currently have the ability to get around the security of devices running iOS 11. … Read More “Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government” »